JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGoogle shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Geminiwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkGoogle shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Geminiwww.engadget.comJensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squarecorbindallas@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoalphafold isn’t sunsetting, they are dismantling the original research team. its still active and being worked on
minus-squareXLE@piefed.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt looks like the open source project is dead and Google has transferred only some of the researchers to a for-profit pharmaceutical-to-be company. This company appears to have gotten $600 million thanks to Jared Kushner’s brother back in 2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphic_Labs
alphafold isn’t sunsetting, they are dismantling the original research team. its still active and being worked on
It looks like the open source project is dead and Google has transferred only some of the researchers to a for-profit pharmaceutical-to-be company.
This company appears to have gotten $600 million thanks to Jared Kushner’s brother back in 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphic_Labs